Thecostraca - Verrucomorpha - Pycnolepadidae
Full reference: A. S. Gale and S. U. Vidovic. 2023. The origins of major sessile cirripede groups; a revision of Cretaceous Brachylepadomorpha and Verrucomorpha. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 21(2258370)
Parent taxon: Verrucomorpha according to A. S. Gale and S. U. Vidovic 2023
Sister taxa: Eoverrucidae, Verrucidae
Subtaxa: Faxelepas Pedupycnolepas Pycnolepas
Type: Pycnolepas
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (2 collections)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Kazakhstan (1)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Belgium (1), France (2), Germany (1), the Russian Federation (2), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (26)
• Jurassic of the Czech Republic (2)
Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence